Biography
Donald E. Thorin was an American cinematographer. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he graduated from Creighton University and moved to Hollywood in 1957, beginning work at 20th Century Fox before progressing through the camera department.
He worked as a camera operator on films including Annie Hall (1977). His first feature as director of photography was Thief (1981). Thorin served as cinematographer on An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Midnight Run (1988), Scent of a Woman (1992), Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) and Shaft (2000), among others. He was a member of the American Society of Cinematographers and the father of cinematographer Donald E. Thorin Jr.
